An enormous, 515-mile-long flash of lightning that crossed at least three states has been named the longest in recorded history in the world. The 2017 “megaflash” stretched from eastern Texas to near ...

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has certified a jaw-dropping new world record for the longest single lightning flash ever recorded. The lightning coursed a staggering 515 miles across the ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has confirmed a new world record for the longest lightning flash, across the U.S. Great Plains during an October 2017 thunderstorm.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has released new information about a remarkable discovery involving a record-breaking lightning strike that occurred in 2017. After a reanalysis of ...

The 515-mile lightning strike took 7.8 seconds The 515-mile lightning strike took 7.8 seconds The 515-mile lightning strike took 7.8 seconds The World Meteorological Organization announced that a new ...

Senior Research Scientist Michael Peterson is shown in the Operations Center of the Georgia Tech Research Institute’s Severe Storms Research Center. Shown behind him is a visualization of the longest ...

Talk about a bolt from the blue. Scientists July 31 announced the discovery of the world's longest lightning flash ever detected – a whopping 515-mile-long bolt that blasted across central U.S. skies ...

DALLAS — A lightning flash from East Texas back in October 2017 has been certified as the longest single lightning flash in recorded history, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

A lightning "megaflash" that zipped across five U.S. states has set a new record for the longest ever detected. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

ATLANTA — It’s not often a scientist breaks a world record — let alone their own — but that’s exactly what Dr. Michael Peterson has done. An applied physicist at the Severe Storms Research Center at ...